Strategery Fail
It actually gives me hope that, eventually, US policy makers will finally get a clue about the futility of trying to maintain worn out strategery tropes like: Might makes right, Manifest Destiny, and American Exceptionalism.
Tag: Pentagon
Sow The Wind, Reap The Economic Whirlwind
A number of significant economic statistics were announced yesterday: inflation hit a 71/2 year high; consumer earning power declined 3 1/2% from last year; and home foreclosures rose 55%. Fueling these economic fires has been the soaring cost of the Iraq war and occupation. Using credit cards, American taxpayers bought huge amounts of stock in Corporate America‘s colonization of Iraq. …
The Surge Is Not A Success
Urban renewal project in beautiful downtown Baghdad Chris Matthews‘ substitute host, McCain enthusiast Mike Barnicle, reacted incredulously Wednesday to a comment by Iraq war vet Jon Soltz, co-founder and chairman of VoteVets.org, that the so-called “surge” has not been a success. Pressed by Barnicle, who reflects the corporatist media’s official narrative of the surge, Soltz made a number of arguments: …
Obama’s Cites Environmental Challenges As Greatest National Security Threat
Findings of the US Climate Change Science Program While the vast amount of media coverage of Obama’s speech on national security today will focus on Iraq and Afghanistan, I would note what Obama himself says is the greatest single security threat to the US (and the world): This immediate danger is eclipsed only by the long-term threat from climate change, …
